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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2014
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 in a speech:
"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate:
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Miramar:
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 8, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"In the last year, Wisconsin ranked third in Midwest job growth."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 29, 2014 in a radio interview:
Job creation has gotten worse each year that Scott Walker has been governor.
False
By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 23, 2014 in a television ad:
New jobs numbers are in, and Wisconsin has "fallen to dead last in Midwest job growth."
False
By James B. Nelson • October 3, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate in Austin:
Dan Patrick said that if women "get paid less than a man for the same job, that that’s not a problem."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Georgians Together
Georgians Together
stated on September 25, 2014 in television attack ad:
David Perdue "opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women."  
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • October 2, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 in a radio debate:
"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 in an interview:
Under Scott Walker, "right now, we’re 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview:
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 19, 2014
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on August 24, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 25, 2014 in a campaign television ad:
In the latest jobs numbers Wisconsin "ranked third in the Midwest."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"Wisconsin’s dead last in Midwest job growth."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."
Mostly True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on August 19, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom":
Because of President Barack Obama’s failure to "push job creation," the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate.  
False
By Derek Tsang • August 21, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 7, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 21, 2014
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